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When I shared this Archer Shirt Dress on the blog a few weeks ago, we got lots of requests for a tutorial on how to achieve the same look. So on this last day of Shirt Month , we’ve got it ready for you! Here’s how to sew an Archer Shirt Dress with a drawstring waist. Lengthen the Archer First, you’ll need to modify your pattern pieces to add length to the Archer Button Up . I added an extra . . .

My second Shirt Month make is finished! The Willamette Shirt by Hey June turned out to be a surprisingly quick and easy sew and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out. So, what makes this pattern such a breeze? Well, there's no collar stand. The collar is sewn right into the neckline curve. Front facings create a clean finish, with no fiddly blind topstitching required. Because the design . . .

I present to you, the shirt dress I’ve been wearing nonstop for four days straight. This is my first completed garment for Shirt Month : an Archer Button Up by Grainline Studio that I’ve lengthened and added a drawstring waist. After I finished the dress last week, I thought about writing a combination style/tutorial blog post, but decided against it for two reasons: 1. I was too excited to . . .

UPDATE : Our Shirt Month Webinar is now full. Thank you for your interest! Our 2018 Shirt Month is off to great start! Our inaugural event has seen a lot of action from the sewing world, with many of you using #shirtmonth on Instagram to play along. If you have plans to sew a collared button-up shirt, popover, or shirtdress in 2018, this is the month to do it! For this event, we've decided to . . .

Today’s Fabric Files post is long overdue, considering that we’ve been consistently stocking double cloth in the Indiesew Fabric Shop since its inception. I sing this fabric’s praises on Instagram all the time, but it’s clear there’s still a bit of confusion about double cloth among the sewing community. I constantly hear questions like, “Is it the same as double gauze?”, “How does it wash and . . .

A few months ago, we polled our Instagram followers on the idea of hosting an online sewing event centered around shirt- and shirt-dress making. The results were overwhelmingly in favor of an entire month devoted to making button-up shirts, collared popovers, and shirt-dresses! Shirt and shirtdress month starts right now! We've loaded up the Indiesew Fabric Shop with new substrates perfect for . . .

When we started planning our initial fabric offering in June of 2015, I had one goal in mind: offer a variety of sustainable apparel fabrics that differ from the designer fabrics on the market. I have a good friend in the ethical fashion industry who used what she called “deadstock” fabric for her designs. She and a few other people gave me some contacts in the Los Angeles Fashion District for . . .